St. Cyril of Alexandria: "Mary, Mother of God"

"HAIL, from us, Mary, Mother of God, majestic common-treasure of the whole world, the lamp unquenchable, the crown of virginity, the staff of orthodoxy, the indissoluble temple, the dwelling of the Illimitable, Mother and Virgin, through whom He in the holy Gospels is called the ‘Blessed Who cometh in the name of the Lord.’ "

 ~St. Cyril of Alexandria, Homilies, 4.

Visitation, by Domenico Ghirlandaio.

Tempera on wood, c. 1491; Musée du Louvre, Paris.